Back in the good old days, Opera was my browser of choice. It wasn’t long before someone knocked me on the head, and I woke up to the world of Firefox. The browser war has been heating up over the last 18 months, and Google’s Chrome has the potential to win in my books. Whilst I love the speed and simplicity of it, the one thing that keeps me planted well and truly in the Firefox kingdom is the vast array of addons.

Yes, shh, I can hear you. No need to yell at the internets. I will tell you which addons make up the amazing collection that keeps me firmly rooted. Rather than one giant post though, I’ll focus on a single addon per post over the next few weeks. Keep this page bookmarked as I’ll update it as more posts appear.

My Top Firefox Addons

• Xmarks – Bookmarks and password synchronisation
• Lazarus – Automated form recovery

Every time I install Firefox on a new machine, I go through and add every one of the above addons. Until Chrome can provide alternatives for most of them, I can’t see myself switching. Of course as always, I could be wrong? Is Chrome already the next best thing, or have I missed some addons which would transform my world?